“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.” - Cormac McCarthy, The Road

Learn this from the waters:in mountain clefts and chasms,loud gush the streamlets,but great rivers flow silently.- Sutta Nipata 3.725

Those meditations are not really Buddhist then. You won't hear those kind of things in retreat centers or monasteries for example. Meditation is to take the mind inside, not to take it outside by listening to music. Then it is not meditation, but simply listening to music...

Perhaps try to live without music for a while to see how refreshing that is.

edit: I accidentally typed "without meditation"... not what I meant of course.

PimonratC wrote:but some meditation use music (sometime sound loops) as a tool to create concentration ...?

They are not meditation methods that the Buddha taught, and mere concentration or tranquillity is not the aim of Buddhist meditation. The mind needs to become silent so that it can see things as they really are.

Study the Buddha's teachings on meditation such as the Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta, to learn what the Buddha actually taught.

Speaking for myself, I like to be in a contemplative mood when I listen to the dhamma. Even when I read, I don't like to do it while listening to music. It doesn't sink in.

He turns his mind away from those phenomena, and having done so, inclines his mind to the property of deathlessness: 'This is peace, this is exquisite — the resolution of all fabrications; the relinquishment of all acquisitions; the ending of craving; dispassion; cessation; Unbinding.' (Jhana Sutta - Thanissaro Bhikkhu translation)

PimonratC wasn't asking if it's a good idea to listen to Dhamma with background music. He / She was asking if you knew of any way to listen to Dhamma that way. Maybe it helps him / her relax and focus. Some people like music on when they work, study, etc. In my opinion, it's not that big of a deal. Better to listen to Dhamma with music than not to listen to Dhamma at all.

If you are going to listen to the Dhamma, give it your entire, undivided attention.

“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.” - Cormac McCarthy, The Road

Learn this from the waters:in mountain clefts and chasms,loud gush the streamlets,but great rivers flow silently.- Sutta Nipata 3.725

---The trouble is that you think you have time------Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe------It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---

What if our friend is an "aural learner" and music helps him/her learning and remembering things, just as underlining and tables help visual individuals?In this case, music would promote - and not subtract - attention and understanding of the Dhamma.

Marfa wrote:What if our friend is an "aural learner" and music helps him/her learning and remembering things, just as underlining and tables help visual individuals?In this case, music would promote - and not subtract - attention and understanding of the Dhamma.

Instead of speculating about his learning needs, wouldn't it be better to just ask PimoratC why he's interested in Dhamma talks with background music ?

Marfa wrote:What if our friend is an "aural learner" and music helps him/her learning and remembering things, just as underlining and tables help visual individuals?In this case, music would promote - and not subtract - attention and understanding of the Dhamma.

Instead of speculating about his learning needs, wouldn't it be better to just ask PimoratC why he's interested in Dhamma talks with background music ?

I wasn't speculating about his learning style, just trying to point out the obvious, i.e. that attention and focus works differently for different people, so what is annoying to one can be of help for someone else.Sorry if I didn't get myself understood.